Fruit set, fruit reduction, and fruiting strategy in Cornus sanguinea (Cornaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 744-748

  Guitián, Javier ^a   Guitián, Pablo ^a   Navarro, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cornus sanguinea; Fruit set; Reproductive resources; Reserve ovary hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CORNACEAE; CORNUS; CORNUS SANGUINEA;

FRUIT SET; FRUITING; INFLORESCENCE;

EID: 0030433202     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445851     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. BYRNE, M., AND S. J. MAZER. 1990. The effect of position on fruit characteristics, and relationship among components of yield in Phytolacca rivinoides (Phytolacaceae). Biotropica 22: 353-365.
2. CAMPBELL, D. R. 1989. Inflorescence size: test of the male function hypothesis. American Journal of Botany 76: 730-738.
3. EHRLEN, J. 1991. Why do plants produce surplus flowers'? A reserveovary model. American Naturalist 138: 918-933.
4. _. 1993. Ultimate functions of non-fruiting flowers in Lathyrus vernus. Oikos 68: 45-52.
5. GOLDWIN, G. K. 1992. Environmental and internal regulation of fruiting, with particular reference to Cox's Orange Pippin apple. In C. Marshall and J. Grace [eds.], Fruit and seed production, 75-100. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, NY.
6. GUITIÁN, J. 1993. Why Prunus mahaleb (Rosaceae) produces more flowers than fruits. American Journal of Botany 80: 1305-1309.
7. _. 1994. Selective fruit abortion in Prunus mahaleb (Rosaceae). American Journal of Botany 81: 1555-1558.
8. HARRIS, F., AND R. J. WHELAN. 1993. Selective fruit abortion in Grevillea barklyana (Proteaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 41: 499-509.
9. HO, L. C. 1992. Fruit growth and sink strength. In C. Marshall and J. Grace [eds.], Fruit and seed production, 101-124. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, NY
10. HOLTSFORD, T. P. 1985. Nonfruiting hermaphroditic flowers of Calochortus leichtlinii (Liliaceae): potential reproductive functions. American Journal of Botany 72: 1687-1694.
11. KRUSI, B. O., AND M. DEBUSSCHE. 1988. The fate of flowers and fruits of Cornus sanguinea L. in three contrasting Mediterranean habitats. Oecologia 74: 592-599.
12. LEE, T. D. 1988. Patterns of fruit and seed production. In J. Lovett Doust and L. Lovett Doust [eds.], Plant reproductive ecology: patterns and strategies, 179-202. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
13. LLOYD, D. G. 1980. Sexual strategies in plants. I. An hypothesis of serial adjustment of maternal investment during one reproductive session. New Phytologist 86: 69-80.
14. MONTALVO, A. M., AND J. D. ACKERMAN. 1987. Limitations for fruit production in Ionopsis utricularioides. Biotropica 19: 24-31.
15. PRIMACK, R. B. 1987. Relationships among flowers, fruits and seeds. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 18: 409-430.
16. RAMÍREZ, N. 1993. Producción y costo de frutos y semillas entre formas de vida. Biotropica 25: 46-60.
17. SAS. 1992. SAS user's guide: statistics. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.
18. SOLOMON, B. P. 1988. Patterns of pre- and postfertilization resource allocation within an inflorescence: evidence for interovary competition. American Journal of Botany 75: 1074-1079.
19. STEPHENSON, A. G. 1979. An evolutionary examination of the floral display of Catalpa speciosa (Bignoniaceae). Evolution 33: 1200-1209.
20. _. 1980. Fruit set, herbivory, fruit reduction, and the fruiting strategy of Catalpa speciosa (Bignoniaceae). Ecology 61: 57-64.
21. _. 1981. Flower and fruit abortion: proximate causes and ultimate functions. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 12: 253-279.
22. _. 1984. The cost of over-initiating fruit. American Midland Naturalist 112: 379-386.
23. _. 1992. The regulation of maternal investment in plants. In C. Marshall and J. Grace [eds.], Fruit and seed production, 151-171. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, NY.
24. _, B. DEVLIN, AND J. B. HORTON. 1988. The effects on seed number and prior fruit dominance on the pattern of fruit production in Cucurbita pepo (zucchini squash). Annals of Botany 62: 653-661.
25. _, AND J. A. WINSOR. 1986. Lotus corniculatus regulates offspring quality through selective fruit abortion. Evolution 40: 453-458.
26. SUTHERLAND, S. 1986a. Floral sex ratios, fruit-set, and resource allocation in plants. Ecology 67: 991-1001.
27. _. 1986b. Patterns of fruit-set: what controls fruit-flower ratio in plants. Evolution 40: 117-128.
28. _. 1987. Why hermaphroditic plants produce many more flowers than fruits: experimental tests with Agave mackelveyana. Evolution 41: 750-759.
29. _, AND L. F. DELPH. 1984. On the importance of male fitness a plants: patterns of fruit-set. Ecology 65: 1093-1104.
30. VAUGHTON, G. 1993. Nonrandom patterns of fruit set in Banksia spinulosa (Proteaceae): interovary competition within and among inflorescences. International Journal of Plant Sciences 154: 306-313.
31. _, AND S. M. CARTHEW. 1993. Evidence for selective fruit abortion in Banksia spinulosa (Proteaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 50: 35-46.
32. WATSON, M. A., AND B. B. CASPER. 1984. Morphogenetic constraints on patterns of carbon distribution in plants. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 15: 233-258.
33. WIENS, D., C. L. CALVIN, C. A. WILSON, C. L. DAVERN, D. FRANK, AND S. R. SEAVEY. 1987. Reproductive success, spontaneous embryo abortion, and genetic load in flowering plants. Oecologia 71: 501-509.
34. WILLSON, M. F., AND B. J. RATHCKE. 1974. Adaptative design of the floral display in Asclepias syriaca L. American Midland Naturalist 92: 47-57.
35. WINSOR, J. A., L. E. DAVIS, AND A. G. STEPHENSON. 1987. The relationship between pollen load and fruit maturation and the effect of offspring vigor in Cucurbita pepo. American Naturalist 129: 643-656.
36. WYATT, R. 1982. Inflorescence architecture: how flower number, arrangement, and phenology affect pollination and fruit-set. American Journal of Botany 69: 585-594.